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Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority www.ompa.com 2701 W. I-35 Frontage Rd. Edmond, OK 73013 405-359-2500
December 2015
Cordell joins OMPA as 42nd Member
A year of growth for the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
(OMPA) was capped by an approval of a power sales contract
with the City of Cordell at a regular Board of Directors meeting
on Dec. 10 at OMPA offices in Edmond.
As such, Cordell becomes the 42nd member of OMPA and the
third new one this year, after Mooreland joined in March and
Fort Supply joined in May.
“We are always excited to have another member join the
collective effort of towns and cities within OMPA, and we look
forward to serving Cordell, striving toward our mission of providing reliable and low-cost
energy,” OMPA General Manager David W. Osburn said. “We were also pleased
to hear the recommendation of their independent consultant in selecting OMPA as a power supplier.”
Located in west Oklahoma, Cordell had a population of 2,915 at the 2010 census.
OMPA is a municipal joint action agency, owned by the members it serves. It is governed by a board of 11 representatives
from member cities and towns, who are selected by a group of electors. Each of OMPA’s members has one elector, and
Cordell’s will be the person serving as the chair of the Public Works Authority.
The Authority was created on June 2, 1981, and originally supplied power to 26 cities in 1985, which was its first year of
operation. It has continued to grow, adding six members in the last five years alone. Membership includes towns with a
population 148 to large suburbs with a population of 80,000-plus.
New Linecrew office in Fairview Completed
A field office meant to house an electric maintenance crew with the Oklahoma
Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) has been completed on the north side of
the City of Fairview.
The building will have space for a conference room, as well as all of the
materials and equipment used by the maintenance crew.
The crew was established by OMPA this year as a way to address a need
five northwestern Oklahoma cities and towns – Fairview, Goltry, Laverne,
Pond Creek and Waynoka – had for assistance with their electric distribution
systems. Fairview City Manager Paul Southwick and then-Mayor Andy
Bowen of Waynoka were instrumental in addressing the OMPA board with regard to the need for the crew.
Aside from working with those municipals, the maintenance crew also inspects and repairs OMPA-owned substations.
OMPA was assisted in the establishment of the maintenance site by the City of Fairview, which agreed to house the crew while
its future office was being built.
A map of OMPA’s member cities
The new office for OMPA’s two-man linecrew, located at
2124 Commerce St. in Fairview, includes a rather fitting
mailbox.

Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority www.ompa.com 2701 W. I-35 Frontage Rd. Edmond, OK 73013 405-359-2500
December 2015
Cordell joins OMPA as 42nd Member
A year of growth for the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
(OMPA) was capped by an approval of a power sales contract
with the City of Cordell at a regular Board of Directors meeting
on Dec. 10 at OMPA offices in Edmond.
As such, Cordell becomes the 42nd member of OMPA and the
third new one this year, after Mooreland joined in March and
Fort Supply joined in May.
“We are always excited to have another member join the
collective effort of towns and cities within OMPA, and we look
forward to serving Cordell, striving toward our mission of providing reliable and low-cost
energy,” OMPA General Manager David W. Osburn said. “We were also pleased
to hear the recommendation of their independent consultant in selecting OMPA as a power supplier.”
Located in west Oklahoma, Cordell had a population of 2,915 at the 2010 census.
OMPA is a municipal joint action agency, owned by the members it serves. It is governed by a board of 11 representatives
from member cities and towns, who are selected by a group of electors. Each of OMPA’s members has one elector, and
Cordell’s will be the person serving as the chair of the Public Works Authority.
The Authority was created on June 2, 1981, and originally supplied power to 26 cities in 1985, which was its first year of
operation. It has continued to grow, adding six members in the last five years alone. Membership includes towns with a
population 148 to large suburbs with a population of 80,000-plus.
New Linecrew office in Fairview Completed
A field office meant to house an electric maintenance crew with the Oklahoma
Municipal Power Authority (OMPA) has been completed on the north side of
the City of Fairview.
The building will have space for a conference room, as well as all of the
materials and equipment used by the maintenance crew.
The crew was established by OMPA this year as a way to address a need
five northwestern Oklahoma cities and towns – Fairview, Goltry, Laverne,
Pond Creek and Waynoka – had for assistance with their electric distribution
systems. Fairview City Manager Paul Southwick and then-Mayor Andy
Bowen of Waynoka were instrumental in addressing the OMPA board with regard to the need for the crew.
Aside from working with those municipals, the maintenance crew also inspects and repairs OMPA-owned substations.
OMPA was assisted in the establishment of the maintenance site by the City of Fairview, which agreed to house the crew while
its future office was being built.
A map of OMPA’s member cities
The new office for OMPA’s two-man linecrew, located at
2124 Commerce St. in Fairview, includes a rather fitting
mailbox.